DTM Oschersleben: Bruno Spengler stripped of pole
Bruno Spengler has been stripped of his pole position for Sunday's DTM race at Oschersleben due to breaking the championship's tyre regulations in qualifying
The Canadian was found to have used one slick tyre in Q3 that was allocated to his car for use in the Q4 pole shoot-out.
Under DTM regulations, Q4 tyres cannot be used in another portion of the four-part qualifying session or in the race.
Race stewards penalised Spengler five places on the grid, dropping his Schnitzer BMW to sixth.
Jamie Green has inherited pole position as a result, his first since joining Audi last winter.
Revised grid
Pos Driver Team/Car 1. Jamie Green Abt Audi 2. Augusto Farfus RBM BMW 3. Mike Rockenfeller Phoenix Audi 4. Dirk Werner Schnitzer BMW 5. Filipe Albuquerque Rosberg Audi 6. Bruno Spengler Schnitzer BMW 7. Miguel Molina Phoenix Audi 8. Martin Tomczyk RMG BMW 9. Timo Scheider Abt Audi 10. Adrien Tambay Abt Audi 11. Robert Wickens HWA Mercedes 12. Gary Paffett HWA Mercedes 13. Mattias Ekstrom Abt Audi 14. Pascal Wehrlein Mucke Mercedes 15. Marco Wittmann MTEK BMW 16. Timo Glock MTEK BMW 17. Edoardo Mortara Rosberg Audi 18. Joey Hand RBM BMW 19. Andy Priaulx RMG BMW 20. Christian Vietoris HWA Mercedes 21. Roberto Merhi HWA Mercedes 22. Daniel Juncadella Mucke Mercedes
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